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ties. These liquid waxes will be found useful 

 not only in grafting, but also in protecting 

 buds, and in covering exposed surfaces. It 

 can be applied with a small paint brush. 



Waxed Cloth. — Melt either the first or the 

 second form of wax according to the work to 

 be done, and while it is hot dip strips of old 

 calico or thin sheeting about three feet long 

 and three to four inches wide into the fluid, 

 holding on to one end of the strip with one 

 hand. Then draw the strip out and over the 

 edge of a thin board fastened across the top 

 of the kettle, at the same time with the other 

 hand holding a small pane of glass to the edge 

 so as to press back into the kettle nearly all 

 the wax that is in the cloth. This will give 

 a very thin oiled cloth, which may be cut into 

 narrow strips for whip-grafting. Clay and 

 cow dung beat and tempered together are 

 somewhat in use in moist climates for graft- 

 ing, but the form is not to be recommended 

 in America. 



Roffea is superior to bass string as a liga- 

 ture in budding and grafting. 



